Building boats for people instead of fish
When Kvichak Marine Industries built its first boats back in 1980, the Washington state shipyard catered to North Pacific fishing fleets, primarily building vessels for salmon and herring catchers.

Building boats for people instead of fish
When Kvichak Marine Industries built its first boats back in 1980, the Washington state shipyard catered to North Pacific fishing fleets, primarily building vessels for salmon and herring catchers.

Wrangell manager turns down $20,000 pay raise
In a town hit by declines in Southeast Alaska's timber market, Wrangell City Manager Bob Prunella said his decision to turn down a $20,000 pay raise had everything to do with politics.

Coast Guard hearings into sinking start in Seattle
SEATTLE - Two months after 15 men died in the sudden sinking of the fishing vessel Arctic Rose in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard has scheduled two weeks of hearings here trying to determine why it happened.

Wrangell manager turns down $20,000 pay raise
In a town hit by declines in Southeast Alaska's timber market, Wrangell City Manager Bob Prunella said his decision to turn down a $20,000 pay raise had everything to do with politics.

Coast Guard hearings into sinking start in Seattle
SEATTLE - Two months after 15 men died in the sudden sinking of the fishing vessel Arctic Rose in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard has scheduled two weeks of hearings here trying to determine why it happened.

Environmentalists ask judge to reinstate logging ban
Environmental groups seeking wilderness protections for the Tongass National Forest have asked a federal judge to reinstate a ban on logging and road-building, pending appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

St. Paul's building new church
Now that the wooded site is cleared, the bear and deer may not return - but the robins are still singing at St. Paul's Church.

Environmentalists ask judge to reinstate logging ban
Environmental groups seeking wilderness protections for the Tongass National Forest have asked a federal judge to reinstate a ban on logging and road-building, pending appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Obituary
uneau resident J.C. "Red" Tomlinson died May 29, 2001. He was born Aug. 20, 1922, in Wapello, Iowa. In 1940 he joined the Navy and served as a signalman in World War II.

Cruise lines get tough mandate
The cruise industry's No. 1 trade association has a new environmental message for its members: Toe the line or sail the seas alone.

Almost all local almost all the time
Indulge me just this once ... more. I received a letter from a reader who decided to cancel her subscription, citing the absence of coverage of a Coast Guard training exercise and the imbalance between local and non-local stories on the front pages of the Empire.

Memo to Mother Nature: please try jiggling the handle
I may have figured out all the rain. As I looked to the heavens today during a frisky little shower, I wondered if we just have a gasket problem. If we got periodic downpours, I would suspect a pressure buildup thing, like a celestial ice dam somewhere. But I'm leaning toward the theory that we just have an unattended, leaky valve. It may be as simple as asking Mother Nature to jiggle the handle.

Staying connected
I'm a Juneauite who is finishing up my undergraduate degree at the University of Oregon. I really appreciate your paper and the local community format it reflects.

An urban opportunity in our own back yard
Urban renewal may sound like a term from Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, something that happens when big Eastern cities awaken one day to find that their centers have decayed, their businesses have followed workers to the suburbs, that recovery cannot happen overnight and that there's not enough money to do it anyhow.

Almost all local almost all the time
Indulge me just this once ... more. I received a letter from a reader who decided to cancel her subscription, citing the absence of coverage of a Coast Guard training exercise and the imbalance between local and non-local stories on the front pages of the Empire.

An urban opportunity in our own back yard
Urban renewal may sound like a term from Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, something that happens when big Eastern cities awaken one day to find that their centers have decayed, their businesses have followed workers to the suburbs, that recovery cannot happen overnight and that there's not enough money to do it anyhow.

Memo to Mother Nature: please try jiggling the handle
I may have figured out all the rain. As I looked to the heavens today during a frisky little shower, I wondered if we just have a gasket problem. If we got periodic downpours, I would suspect a pressure buildup thing, like a celestial ice dam somewhere. But I'm leaning toward the theory that we just have an unattended, leaky valve. It may be as simple as asking Mother Nature to jiggle the handle.

Running the path less traveled
After winning Saturday's Treadwell Ditch Trail Run, John Bursell said running off the beaten path requires a smarter runner than those who race on the pavement. Or at least a runner who can pay attention to what's going on.

Running the path less traveled
After winning Saturday's Treadwell Ditch Trail Run, John Bursell said running off the beaten path requires a smarter runner than those who race on the pavement. Or at least a runner who can pay attention to what's going on.